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There are several routes you can take to see Gyeongju's sites, but since Dumulli Park (open daily 8:30am-6pm, Nov-Mar closes at 5pm; entrance fee) sits near the middle of the historic part of the city, it's a good place to start. This is a unique 15-hectare (37-acre) "tomb park" on the southeast side of Gyeongju with some 20 tombs of varying sizes that were originally heaped into place as early as the mid-1st century. Until 30 years ago, this restored, beautifully landscaped and lamplit complex of mounded graves was just another ordinary neighborhood in Gyeongju. When private individuals and government archeological teams began to find literally thousands of important items here, however, the area was quickly cleared of homesites and was designed as a national museum and site of major historical significance.

The restoration of Dumulli Park began in 1973, and the complex was officially dedicated and opened to the public in 1975.

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